A Letter From The President

Now is the perfect time to strategize and Jump-Start your business for 2022.  

Kim Beckett, Secretary of the Board, opened our November Chapter meeting with Chuck Gallagher, CSP.  He shared a multitude of ways to jump-start our business in 2022.  He is creative, insightful, and captivating in person and equally so virtually.  He helped see how to turn concepts into actions and actions into results.  I am sure those who heard him speak discovered new and time-proven methods to enhance your personal and professional performance. Thank you, Kim, for a stellar performance leading our Chapter this month!

I begin strategizing for the upcoming year about this time every year.  The structure of my business, as with many other speakers, has changed.  I find myself preparing more customized virtual programs that now seem to be the norm instead of the few and far between.  The content may be similar, but the flow and overarching goals are usually quite different.  As speakers, we strive to be our ultimate best every time we are "on stage," regardless of literally on stage or in front of a camera.  How do we accomplish this?  To strive for perfection is to be hungry for fresh, new content and continue to refine our delivery methods. 
  
Alexander Gregg once said: "There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience." 

We learned from Keith Harmeyer how to get into our subject by helping us think about our business with more precision.  Bruce Turkel, CSP, CPAE, and Bob Frare, CSP inspired us to immerse ourselves in our topic by creating visual tools that convey our expertise.  Finally, Chuck Gallagher, CSP, encouraged us to tap into the hearts of others through the refined art of professional speaking with an intended purpose.

Please share with us on Facebook how you plan to take action for 2022 using our NSA leaders' training, advice, and inspiration. 

  
Join us on January 8, 2022, for our next FSA Chapter Meeting with Bob Burg and Rick Goodman!

CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENTS

James is a Past President, 2020-2021 when Rachel served as President-Elect.  James is the Associate Pastor of Celebration Beach Church in Naples and is re-establishing his consulting business in leadership training.  Rachel speaks nationally on the legal aspects of healthcare and regulatory compliance.  

UPDATED MEMBERSHIP MODEL

Welcome!  We have designed 2021-2022 to bring you both online and in-person meetings and greater member benefits. Here is what we have in store to maximize your member value: 

• Every chapter meeting will be in-person with a Zoom online option for those who cannot attend.
• Starting in September, we will alternate monthly one webinar and one social (members only).
• Members will continue to get recordings of all webinars in case you miss any.
• Members who pay for each meeting will receive recordings of the chapter meetings by email.
• Members who attend in person can join the member-only lunch with the speaker (additional charge).
• The FSA Member Directory will display FSA Members.

2021-2022 Board of Directors

Dr. Rachel Henderson (formerly Cartwright), President
Dave Bricker - Dean, Academy
Laura Bonich - Co-Dean, Academy
Kim Beckett - Secretary
Peter Palmer - Marketing/Communications Director
Alexandra Demosthenes - Treasurer
Jeremy Torisk, Director-at-Large
James Henderson - Past President and Membership Director